Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced legislation to reform policing in America in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The measures, which will be resisted in the Senate, would simplify the process for prosecuting officers for misconduct and curtail the "qualified immunity" law that shields them from civil lawsuits. Mr Floyd was laid to rest in his home town of Houston. Protesters turned their energy to toppling statues. Among those torn down were effigies of Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, and Christopher Columbus in a number of cities, NASCAR, a car-racing tournament popular in the South, banned the Confederate flag from its events.
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